Just "bought" a Prius! Decisions on Colors - help

[mostbucketgirl]

"Bought" in quotes b/c I just paid a $500 deposit to get on a (worst-case scenario) 6-month waiting list for the Prius. I am so excited! The lease on my current car doesn't expire until then anyway so I can wait. I asked for Tideland Pearl, but does anyone know where I can find pictures of Priuses in different colors? Seems like everyone has silver so I didn't want to get that (no offense Silverados). My first impulse was the blue, and I'm kinda diggin' the black too. At first I wasn't sure about the blue, but different pictures I've seen seem to show the blue in all sorts of different shades.


I've done Google searches and I pretty much just want to compare the different colors on the cars. Not the pictures that are posted by Toyota or the different car publications b/c they're not taken in natural light. Let me know. Thanks. 8)

[cybele]

I see you already found the tideland green photo thread, so I won't direct you there. Have fun browsing, chances are pretty good someone here has answers to all of your questions.

Welcome!

[htmlspinnr]

I originally ordered Blue until I saw the Tideland in person. They're both nice colors, however. Best thing you could do is find a dealer who's got demo's and see if they have the colors in person.

[chris_b_01]

about the blue,

My dealer just called me... she had a SOLD blue one on the lot that I might like to take a look at. I went tonight to view it.

It was an excellent blue, and the pictures online don't do it justice. It had a hint of grey in it to make it look very chiseled and distinguished. It was not "over-blue".

The darker color really highlighted the car's shape, definition and curves

I liked it.

I also like the Tideland which I have not yet viewed in person

I saw a white one today that looked nice, but it looked to me at least that the car's shape was somewhat lost. Others I know really like the white.

Never seen a black one but it looks good in the pictures.... how hot in the sun though???


Chris

[aarons12]

my first choice is salsa, followed by driftwood, but i told my dealer that i would probably be interested in any of the metallic colors, they are all pretty nice.

anything but black or white, which i am to lazy to keep clean.

actually, the driftwood falls into the color set that i have found easiest to keep decent looking. but the salsa is SOOO sharp!

[mostbucketgirl]

Exactly - black basically sucks in the summertime. I've seen a few on the streets and they look great b/c the way the taillights are designed, they really contrast and are highlighted by the black. I believe Toyota and its sister company Lexus make the best lights in the business.

Thanks for all your comments guys. Tideland Green looks great though - I think that's what I'll be going with.

[bookrats]

Definitely take a look at the PriusChat Photo Album -- there are some good pics in the General Pictures, Prius Gatherings and Users Personal Galleries.

The Prius Gatherings also has some different colored Prii side-by-side.

[Raenstoirm]

I am just full of bad news for you today. Where did you place this order?? I search all over the DC metro area and couldnt find a 2004. 355 toyota in MD told me july, but then someone let slip that I was going to be the 17 person on their list (by their own saying they get at most 4 cars a month).
I phoned around a found my car in WV and three wakes later she is in my driveway. If you are willing to drive a few hours, call advantage toyota in WV. You will have the car by july if you use them.

[mostbucketgirl]

I am just full of bad news for you today. Where did you place this order?? I search all over the DC metro area and couldnt find a 2004. 355 toyota in MD told me july, but then someone let slip that I was going to be the 17 person on their list (by their own saying they get at most 4 cars a month).
I phoned around a found my car in WV and three wakes later she is in my driveway. If you are willing to drive a few hours, call advantage toyota in WV. You will have the car by july if you use them.

I actually got a 2005. I test drove the Prius at Arlington VA Toyota and "purchased" the car at Alexandria VA Toyota (Old Town). I don't need a car right away because my current car's lease doesn't expire until September. However, talking to the Alexandria dealer, which is the volume dealership in the area, he told me that the way Toyota allocates the cars is based on number of sales and b/c Alexandria sells a ton of Priuses, they get the most cars in the area. While all of the Toyota dealerships have wait lists of several months, and any order placed today would be for a 2005 model, Alexandria gets a lot of cars, so he promised me that I could get the color and package I want when my lease expires. Six months was the worst case scenario, but it will definitely be several months wait. That being said, a wait list of 17 is good! The Arlington guy told me that the wait list there was 71!! (Or maybe that was Alexandria) And as you probably know, they require a $500 refundable deposit from you if you want to be on the wait list, so that's 71 people who paid $500 each to get on the list. The guy also told me that of all the time he's worked there, only 2 people have ever pulled out of the list. One was a diplomat who was supposed to be here for a while, but unexpectedly was called back to his native country. And then the second person got in a car accident and was permanently disabled.

[Danny]

As far as I know, the 2005s won't be out until October, if they follow the same roll-out time frame as the 04s.

Just a heads up so you're not planning on having it when your lease is up and then be without a car until the 05s come off the boat.

By the way, welcome to PriusChat!